INTRODUCTION of debate on movies
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Synopsis: Three unlikely friends resurrect the dead Speech and Debate club to fight against a modern-day witch hunt in their Salem, Oregon high school.
Fun Fact: This independent film is an adaptation of the Broadway stage play Speech & Debate. Broadway stars Lin-Manuel Miranda, Kristin Chenoweth, and Darren Criss make cameos.
Featured debate: Lincoln-Douglas, along with persuasive speaking, dramatic interpretation, and group interpretation/reader’s theater
Forensics is seen from an outsider’s perspective as the trio find themselves misfits at both their school and at their first big-city competition.
Food for Thought: How can you use what you learn in debate to make change in your own community?
Solomon, Howie, and Diwata don’t win trophies in debate, but they do apply what they learn to causes they are passionate about: free speech, a Gay-Straight Alliance, and the arts.